THEATRE
Sean has worked extensively at The National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company and in London’s West End. His leading roles at the National Theatre include Prior Walter in the Pulitzer Prize winning Angels in America, The Prince’s Play, Rutherford and Son. He starred as Steven in the World Premier of Hanif Kureishi’s Sleep With Me. His work in the West End includes Single Spies, Me and Mamie O’Rourke (with Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders) Certain Young Men, A Prayer for my Daughter, and as Sy Spector in the original London production of The Bodyguard. Most recently, in 2017, he gained critical acclaim for his leading performance as Joe Keller in Arthur Miller’s All My Sons.
In 2013-16 he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company giving 505 performances during their season of Shakespeare’s history plays: Northumberland in Richard ll with David Tennant; Northumberland and the Earl of Douglas in Henry lV (pt 1&2) with Anthony Sher, and as Exeter in Henry V, performing in Stratford, London (Barbican), Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York (BAM Harvey Theatre).
FILM
Includes Scum, The Fourth Protocol, Hellraiser, Hellbound, Tangier Cop, Gangster No 1, A Mighty Heart, Seven Days to Live, One of the Hollywood Ten, The Sea Change and, most recently, two films for indie director Reg Travis: Joy Division and Psychosis.
TV
His television work is extensive and includes an award winning performance as The Commander in BBC TV’s iconic Contact and Channel 4’s seminal Made In Britain (both for the renowned director Alan Clarke). Other leading roles in television include Danny Monk in No Further Cause for Concern, Tom Riley in BBC TV’s The Black and Blue Lamp, Commander Mills in Kavannagh QC, and Ben Ellington in 7 episodes of the ITV series Ellington. Other TV work includes Trial & Retribution, and seasons with French and Saunders and Absolutely Fabulous. Most recently Sean featured as Barrister Mark Metzler in the legal thriller series The Case, also for the BBC.